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1980 Oregon

6–⁠3–⁠2 (4–⁠3–⁠1 Pac-10), coached by Rich Brooks.

Schedule and results

Oregon in 1980, game by game: lost vs. No. 15 Stanford 25–35; tied vs. Kansas 7–7; won vs. Michigan State 35–7; won at No. 13 Washington 34–10; lost at California 6–31; tied vs. No. 2 USC 7–7; won vs. UNLV 32–9; won vs. Washington State 20–10; won at No. 8 UCLA 20–14; won at Oregon State 40–21; lost at Arizona State 37–42+28−25Lost 25–35 vs. No. 15 Stanford-10No. 15 StanfordTied 7–7 vs. Kansas0KansasWon 35–7 vs. Michigan State+28Michigan StateWon 34–10 at No. 13 Washington+24No. 13 WashingtonLost 6–31 at California-25CaliforniaTied 7–7 vs. No. 2 USC0No. 2 USCWon 32–9 vs. UNLV+23UNLVWon 20–10 vs. Washington State+10Washington StateWon 20–14 at No. 8 UCLA+6No. 8 UCLAWon 40–21 at Oregon State+19Oregon StateLost 37–42 at Arizona State-5Arizona State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 6vs15StanfordL 25–⁠3551%
Sep 13vsKansasT 7–⁠766%
Sep 20vsMichigan StateW 35–⁠753%
Sep 27at13WashingtonW 34–⁠1025%
Oct 11atCaliforniaL 6–⁠3159%
Oct 18vs2USCT 7–⁠723%
Oct 25vsUNLVW 32–⁠947%
Nov 1vsWashington StateW 20–⁠1075%
Nov 8at8UCLAW 20–⁠1428%
Nov 15atOregon StateW 40–⁠2183%
Nov 22atArizona StateL 37–⁠4250%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Arizona State 42–⁠37; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 40th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

Record
6–⁠3–⁠2
Conference
4–⁠3–⁠1 5th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
263–⁠193
Coach
Rich Brooks
Elo
1578 +89 this season
SP+ rating
14.9 No. 21 of 133; offense No. 29, defense No. 26
SRS
15.1 No. 22 of 138 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Erik Widmark

Drafted in 1981

The 1981 draft
Rd 6Bryan Hinkle LBPittsburgh Steelers

All-Pac-10

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Vince GoldsmithDLCoaches-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1980 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1980 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington6–⁠19–⁠316
UCLA5–⁠29–⁠213
USC4–⁠2–⁠18–⁠2–⁠111
Arizona State5–⁠37–⁠4
Oregon4–⁠3–⁠16–⁠3–⁠2
Stanford3–⁠46–⁠5
Arizona3–⁠45–⁠6
Washington State3–⁠44–⁠7
California3–⁠53–⁠8
Oregon State0–⁠80–⁠11

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.